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78 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXXVIII COP FREEH AFTER KILLING WAR VETERAN Queen of Coastal Empire” Will be Crowned at Flamingo State 4-H Champions Named Thirty boys and girls were named state champions in various 4-H club p ojccts and activities. These champions were presented certificates of recognition and prizes during the Annual State Awards p 1 o- grarn which was held at the Dublin 4-H Club Center, Oct. 30 4-H Club Agents M. c. Little and Miss Carrie B. Powell pointed out that each of these 4-Her’s had been previously declared champions at countj and dish ict elimination meet ings earlier this year. A complete list of this year'. 4-H champions follows: Gerald Price, Henry county Achievement; Maxine Williams Camden county, Achievement; Don L o u is Crawfo.d, Jr. Lowndes county, Beef; Lonnk Johnson, Lowndes county, Boys Agricultural; Faye Jackson (individual Morgan county, breadmaking' Willie M. Lundy and Sarah Kelsey (team) Hancock county Breadmaking; Annette Allen Newton county, Canning; Lu cilie Beasley, Car.oil County Clothing; Michael ( Smith, Hancoc! county, Dairy; Justine White head, Jenkins county, Dair: Foods; Betty J. Threatt, Bib county, Dress Revue; Arthui Brown, J:., B;bb county, Elec¬ tric; Clarence E. Goodman, Continued on Page Severn Miss Sock” Crowned .if Miss Sheila Woods Miss Sheila Woods of 1151 51st Street was crowned Sock’’ over 100 or more titors at the finals of thfe talent shows which took on Friday, October 23, Thursday and Friday October 29 & 30, at the side theater. This WSOK promotion open to anyone and Woman at Wheel; Own Life LITTLE ROCK be it was Providence, but one .agrees that Mrs. Bernice Hooks, 37 year old Negro wife, was mysteriously from electrocution last week, Mrs. Hooks w-as saved she “froze" at the wheel of car after it struck a 2,300 power pole in North little Rock The incident occurred as Hooks was driving along U. Highway 67 West in the late ternoon. She attempted to another car, w r as forced off road and struck the power from which electrical power ttrilmur ADams 4-3433 Mrs. Lelia Braithwaite Mrs. Lelia W. Braithwaite, a nernber of the faculty of Moses aokson Elementary school, was assisted by her many friends n becoming the ‘ Queen of the yJoasital Empire,” for 1959-60. She will reign over all YMCA activities for adults locally, and throughout the Coastal Empire. whether amateur or profess¬ ional in order to find a good vo.ee for future use as a wom¬ an DJ cither on WSOK or a future Negro beamed station n the Fisher Broadcasting Co. chain. Miss Woods received as first irize a free trip to the Dolphin • Continued on page toree, tod to the transmitter of radio Nation KARK. Tlie im p act sheared off J no j e j us {. a b 0 ve the ground, The po]p fell and one of the j three 2.300 volt lines settled the ear The station went dead - and Jome 400 houses in the area tost electrical service. A<r frr Mrs. Hooks, she sim cou i{j n ’t move. An attend- R g physician at University Medical center, where she taken, said she suffered no brolcen b one . s or serious (Continued on page three) She is a member of the Aipm Kappa Alpha Sorority and o. S( . Matthew’s Episcopal As her prize she will an all-expense paid trip four days and nights in sau, Bahamas Islands. She Continued on Page Three Boy Repudiates Slaying Confession CHICAGO (ANP > —A 17 old Negro youth who early fessed to the slaying of .a high school student last ber 4, repudiated the and gave police the names 10 witnesses whom he said testify he was at a party at time of the slaying. The boy, Charles Baisden, accused of knifing Schwartz, 16, to death as latter stood on an elevated form awaiting a train. was arrested after traced a pair of trousers found in a dry ing store near the elevated tion. Baisden admitted rizing the store. with the trousers, he also Continued on Page Three j | HIGHLIGHTS of the half ti r.f during the Savanr ah St College homecoming gam v. Ethel Hardeman, at ’o “Miss Albany State,' Olivia E. SAVANNAH. GEORGIA PH (LADELPHIA, Miss.— (AN Pi—m another demonstration of Mississippi justice, white policemen hero shot a Negro Korean War veteran, battered his woman companion and were absolved of any injustice all in just two days. It all happened on Sunday, >et. 25, as Luther Jackson, a ■feel worker with General Mo- tors corporation, Flint, Mich., -at talking in a friend’s car to Miss Nettie Mae Thomas, iccording to the young woman. Mi-s Thomas, a native of the city, which was also Jackson’s hometown, gave an entirely different version of the shoot¬ ing than the policemen whe slew the war vet. Her story .il.'.o differed radically First Ne?ro Alaskan Rep. Will Address NAACP, Nov. 11 M- Blanche McSmith of Anchorage, Alaska, will speak it a public NAACP meeting Wednesday night, Nov. 11, at the Connor’s Temple Baptist church, Gwinnett near West 1 wi st.. as announced by W. W. Law, the branch president. Mrs. McSmith is a member of *.he first state legislature in the r ift.:eth state, becoming the first Negro to serve in the lid Killed in Wo Accident Mm j .h * w, ffl L ] P W M lI to j ■MZ Henry MeGraw Enroute to the store to pur- c '-ase ingredients lor a banana i pudding, Henry McGraw, age 10 y?ars, was knocked down and j killed instantly by a motorist xuesday aiternoon. I he accident occur: ed on - 52nd street extension near Ad- urns avenue about 3.30 p. m. Witnesses state that darted into the path of a driven by Mrs. W. P. Cowart S i 1 k Hope Farms “without (Continued on Page Five) Biavtock, “Miss Albany a: d Oia M Brown, James Deen, president of S' ..deni Council, Delores attendant to Miss SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1959 that of Police Chief Richardson, whom Miss Thomas said pistol- whipped her in an attempt to stop her from talking. *,/.ved In Chicago Jackson, who lived in Chicago before going to Flint, was idled by the steel strike and had gone home to help his mother, Mrs. Claudia Jackson, harvest her crop. He arrived Sunday. However, by 10:30 p.m. that night, he was slain by Policeman Lawrence Rainey. By Monday morning, a coro- jner’s jury, supposedly all- white, had cleared his slayer, ruling the shooting '‘justifiable homicide." This, despite the .act that Jackson’s family did Continued on Page Three Alaska House of Representa¬ tives. She is also president of the Anchorage NAACP branch. Before moving to Alaska in 1949, Mrs. McSmith resided in Los Angeles, Calif. Her husband conducts McSmith Enterprises, an electric appliance business and real estate firm. The visiting lawmaker has (Continued on Page Three' Tremont Chorister Dies Suddenly Mrs. Janie J. Horton Mrs. Janie Mae Jenkins Hor¬ ton who became suddenly ill Sunday, Nov. 1, while singing in the choir at Tremont Tem¬ ple Baptist church, was rushed to a local hospital where she died Monday morning, Nov. 2, at 12:20 o’clock. Mrs. Horton was owner of the Ideal Dry Cleaners located at 2404 Florence Street. A native of Furman, S. Mrs. Horton came to Savannah more than twenty-five years (Continued on page three I State; Dr. W. K. Payne, presi ! dent of Savannah State liege; (and Josie Simpson, “Miss practically hidden is ette West, attendant to Tompkins Plans Colorful Homecoming Parade, Nov, 7 Tompkins High School’s pa¬ rade marshal, Crawford B. Bryant, announces that the homecoming parade scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7, is to be the largest in the history of the school and will begin promptly at 11 a.m. The theme of the parade Is “Fashions Today and Yesterday." The line of -march of parade will start on Hull at West Broad, continuing on West Broad south to 37th Street New Orleans Stops Race Tags on Schools NEW ORLEANS Orleans Parish School which has .always been very finite in distinguishing schools used by whites and groes, has abandoned this icy and now refers to simply as members of the tem. This week they announced bond issue planned for 19, 1960, at which time In the amount of $5,679,660 be floated. Three schools planned but designated for Negroes will constructed. One new school In the Lawless area low the Industrial canal at cost of $2,348,830 and to two already existing elemen¬ tary schools at a cost of 860 each, the Moton and schools, This means that only 130 for construction of the white schools. Negro construction In New Orleans lagged so long that mogt of the funds for construction have had to used on schools for Negro use. And Negroes still do not enough schools to their children. There are Negro students than whites New Orleans public schools. SSC.” Mrs. Lucille Mooring, j attendant to "Miss Alumni,’ J Mrs. Louise Milton, “Miss Alumni" and Mrs. Amanda Cooper, attendant. Price 10c I ADams 4-3433 where it will disband. Leading the parade will be the Tompkins High School band followed by the Bo.y Scout flag and banner bearers. "Miss Tompkins High of 1959," Matil- da Wiley, and her attendants, i Frances Mackay and Mary Jane Flowers, will ride the leading j float These wearing fashions ladies of to- all day. young are j members of the senior class find have been selected be- I cause of high scholastic JEWELL STANTON, vivacious young San Francisco model sex graciously at at the the pool pool of Miami’s famed Sir John Resort Hotel to salute two of Miami’s finest men in blue, Dave Fin¬ cher (left) and Leroy I-’. Rog¬ ers, Local Omegas Will Observe National Achievement Week Mu Phi and Alpha Gamma (graduate and undergraduate) chapters of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., announce plans for the observance of National Achievement Week, sponsored annually by the fraternity. Pu ti r.s announcing the Na¬ tional High School Essay Con¬ text a: e on display at Pope Pin Tompkins and Beach High .Schools. The entries must be in the mail by November 15. first prize is a $300 scholar¬ ship with a $200 college scho¬ larship as second award. The contest Is open to all high school seniors. A public program is being arranged for Nov 15 at Savan¬ nah State College. L)r. Paul L. Taylor will be the speaker. Achievement. Week was in¬ augurated in the ninth Grand Conclave in 1920 in Nashville, Term., as Negro History and Literature Week in deference to Dr. Carter G. Woodson whose address at thus meeting stimulated the idea, Abolished NUMBER 5 achievements and charming personalities. The student council sponsored an election for this purpose. The principal, assistant prin¬ cipal, marshal and other ad- ministr&tlve personnel will ride In convertibles. “Mrs. PTA", yet to be chosen, will ride In a special automobile. Various classes and school organiza- Mons will be featured in the .Continued on Page Seven- Miss Stanton, who poses for ad agencies on the West Coast, Is also a bookeeper for a San Francisco Insurance company. Standing 5 feet 7 inches, she is quite a figure study herself, measuring an eye popping 6- 23-36, in the 1924 Washington Con¬ clave, the observance w r as re¬ vived at the 1925 Tuskegee Conclave as the “Negro Achieve¬ ment Week project” to give an opportunity for presentation of important current achieve¬ ments of the Negro, many of which may never find their way Into the printed pages of his¬ tory. The project has always been another effort of Omi 1 to live and achieve in accord¬ ance with its four cardinal principles: Manhood, Scholar¬ ship, Perseverance and Uplift. The project has tried to de¬ velop manhood by inspiring race pride. It has attracted attention to the high scholar¬ ship of Omega men and others In its literature as well as public programs. In sponsoring the Achievement Week Project, the fraternity has tried to show how Negroes have perse¬ vered in spite of handicaps; and, that to succeed, the Negro must continue to persevere. (Continued on Page Five)